Hi Nisha, I think that this is an excellent idea. Very often I am doing some tinkering along these lines on my own, but a hackathon kind of atmosphere is more conducive to doing these things quickly.
I'm all in. Regards, Devdatta Tengshe On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > Based on some conversations at the last Bangalore Meet up it seems there > is some interest in getting together to do some mini working sessions > (hackathons) to get and clean data. > > Something like we did before the Bangalore Open Data Camp around PDFs and > QGIS. 2 to 4 hours where people can work on helping get data out of > websites, pdfs, clean up data or learn or trouble shoot. > > We can pick a Saturday or Sunday, have food provided and get some specific > tasks from people who need help. > > Is this something people would like to try? Also this would be separate > from the DataMeet ups which we would keep as talks or presentations. > > > Nisha > > -- > Nisha Thompson > DataMeet.org > [email protected] > skype: nishaqt > mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
